[microsound] ....the prepared mind?

[Thomas Ashcraft <72632.1427@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a question about the following  quote by Louis Pasteur :

"Dans les champs de l'observation le hasard ne 
favorise que les esprits prepares."

[ In the fields of observation, chance favours only 
the prepared minds. ] 



My question then is  :  What does Pasteur mean here  by  " les esprits " ? 
Mind?  Minds? Or something more than mind/minds?  Or what?

Thanks for any translation clues.


Thomas Ashcraft


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